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supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundation and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. after aurora, after virginia tech, after columbine, the question of gun violence becomes a recurring national conversation. this evening, newshour joins pbs in a week of special coverage on the topic of gun violence: "after newtown." the waves of reaction since december's connecticut school shooting continue to reverberate from coast to coast. >> now! ifill: as gun-control activists push for stricter laws. and gun owners chafe against the prospect of new regulation, crossing for... causing for now an increase in sale in firearms and attendance at gun shows. that dpebt is now spreading well beyond washington as cities and states take steps to distance themselves from gun manufacturers. in new york last week, the city school teachers pension fund sold o
supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundation and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. after aurora, after virginia tech, after columbine, the question of gun violence becomes a recurring national conversation. this evening, newshour...
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but we live in a technologically fluent culture. whether or not everyone shares in that fluency. and among those who know, we have ways, on paper, to deflect asteroids. if we find them early enough before they come in. none of those plans are funded by any agency anywhere in the world. so that's a whole other cultural political challenge that would need to be overcome. for the moment, all we're doing is the meager funds that hasa-- nasa has to do so combined with some other funds around the world is to find the asteroids and track them. now this one that hit russia, yeah it tore up the town a bit but it's not disrupting civilization. if you get asteroids about a kill meet never size, those are large-- kilometre in size those are large enough to disrupt transportation, communication, the food chains and that can be really bad day on earth. and so we set up a criterion to find all kilometer class asteroids whose orbit crossed earth and we did a really good job at it. we said okay, let's go a little smaller. how about, how about 100 meter asteroids. let's map them. now we know when
but we live in a technologically fluent culture. whether or not everyone shares in that fluency. and among those who know, we have ways, on paper, to deflect asteroids. if we find them early enough before they come in. none of those plans are funded by any agency anywhere in the world. so that's a whole other cultural political challenge that would need to be overcome. for the moment, all we're doing is the meager funds that hasa-- nasa has to do so combined with some other funds around the...
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your job has been displaced by technology. what's on offer for you? over the last three years we've seen this dramatic drop in male work force participation, a lot of people going on social security disability roles. what can obama offer you to get you back in the labor force. >> woodruff: we know he's going to talk about infrastructure, about education. what do you look for? i mean, does it matter how much he spells out the exact nature of what growth... >> i think what david said is important. but when there are eight priorities there's no real priority. all of these are important. but what i want to know he comes away with a sense of urgency tonight. obviously to the american voters it's the economy and jobs. we're looking, judy, at median household income has dropped $3469 over the last decade in this country. and median income is down. we've got a new normal of almost 8% unemployment. there really is a sense of, are there any weapons left in the ordinance to attack this? i think one thing we can be absolutely sure of is the president will talk lo
your job has been displaced by technology. what's on offer for you? over the last three years we've seen this dramatic drop in male work force participation, a lot of people going on social security disability roles. what can obama offer you to get you back in the labor force. >> woodruff: we know he's going to talk about infrastructure, about education. what do you look for? i mean, does it matter how much he spells out the exact nature of what growth... >> i think what david said...
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supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> suarez: the world witnessed something today it had not seen since the 15th century: a sitting pope, benedict xvi, announced he is giving up the papacy. the news reverberated around the globe and stunned many of the world's 1.2 billion catholics. >> it was a big surprise because this doesn't happen all the time. and my first reaction was to pray and to call my friends, texted my friends and asked even my non-catholic and nonbelieving friends to keep us in their thoughts and in their prayers. >> i had never heard anything like this in my life. the pope has to be there until he dies. and he is resigning? >> popes can't resign. this hasn't happened in 600 years. a pope can't resign. thisews n isn't r.htig >> suarez: a pope abdicated in 1294 but the l
supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> suarez: the world witnessed something today it had not seen since the 15th century: a sitting pope, benedict xvi, announced he is giving...
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there are other self-replicating technologies out there which would apply directly to it. i think the broader implications to the biotechnology industry in particular are very significant in this. another federal judge recently another case said we have the broadest and strongest protection for biotechnology and intellectual not the world and we have the strongest biotechnology industry in the world. europe, by contrast, has weaker protection and a weaker industry. i think that's a very compelling argument. >> suarez: before you talked about exhaustion. can a company control what happens to a self-replicating product? anyone -- a gene, an organism, a plant, aspects of software or a musical recording, once the cust walks out the door having purchased this thing? >> well, that's the question. how far does that control go? because both competition policy, which is antitrust, and by lech which you will property are both have as an objective fostering innovation in the economy. the question is how much of this incentive do you need in the form of monopoly and how much in the fo
there are other self-replicating technologies out there which would apply directly to it. i think the broader implications to the biotechnology industry in particular are very significant in this. another federal judge recently another case said we have the broadest and strongest protection for biotechnology and intellectual not the world and we have the strongest biotechnology industry in the world. europe, by contrast, has weaker protection and a weaker industry. i think that's a very...